Ultimately, they fall in love and Wol-ryung wishes to seek the Gu Family Book in order to become human so that he may become mortal and so, live and die with his beloved. When she is sent to a gisaeng house, Wol-ryung witnesses her misfortunes, and despite warning from his monk friend, So-jung, he decides to act on her behalf. The evil, ambitious Jung Gwan-woong wrongly accuses Seo-hwa’s father of being a traitor.
The story begins not with Kang Chi, but with his parents, Wol-ryung, an eternal, mythical being who protects the forest and Seo-hwa, the human woman with whom he falls in love. I gracefully admit that I was glad I broke down and watched.
My concern was that it would be an over-blown, somewhat cheesy girl-loves-monster story and I was finding it hard to imagine how that could be successfully pulled off. I’m not a huge fan of Lee Seung-gi, although I did enjoy his acting in King 2 Hearts, and I never developed an interested in the Twilight saga mania that has swept the country. The strikingly beautiful cinematography first thing you sense: a dark, dreamy mountain-scape colored in violet and cobalt blue juxtaposed with scenes of delicately, but brightly lit traditional drummers against backdrop of amber and marmalade.ĭespite personal misgivings about viewing this drama, the scene was well set for a fantasy – action – melodrama.ĭubbed the Korean “Twilight”, Gu Family Book was not actually on my watch list for a few reasons. “If I had to choose between living 100 years alone or 100 days with someone I loved, I’d choose the 100 days.”
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